A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported South of the Fiji Islands (0 miles) on Monday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude -179.8974° West, latitude -23.7297° South, depth = 515.07 km. Id of earthquake: us2000itmn. Event ids that are associated: us2000itmn. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 10:24:52 / 10:24 am (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 10/12/18 / 2018-12-10 22:24:52 / December 10, 2018 @ 10:24 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 515.07 km (320 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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